Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Egypt reports eighth bird flu death this year
Health authorities in Egypt on Thursday reported the country's eighth death this year from bird flu.
Dec 11, 2014
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News tagged with h5n1 flu virus
Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Egypt reports four new bird flu deaths
Egypt reported on Wednesday four new deaths from bird flu, taking to seven the number of people that the H5N1 virus has killed in the country so far in 2014.
Dec 3, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Egyptian woman dies of bird flu, second this year
Egyptian health officials say a woman who was diagnosed with bird flu has died, the second fatality from the H5N1 virus this year in the country.
Nov 17, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
New step towards eradication of H5N1 bird flu
A University of Adelaide-led project has developed a new test that can distinguish between birds that have been vaccinated against the H5N1 strain of avian influenza virus or "bird flu" with those that have been naturally ...
Oct 31, 2014
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Medical research
Key to universal flu vaccine: Embrace the unfamiliar
Vaccine researchers have developed a strategy aimed at generating broadly cross-reactive antibodies against the influenza virus: embrace the unfamiliar.
Aug 25, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Ebola highlights growing global virus threat: experts
Like the Spanish flu, polio, AIDS, and SARS before it, Ebola has erupted from seemingly nowhere to claim lives and sow fear of a catastrophic global outbreak.
Aug 14, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Lab safety needs to be more open in the face of risky pandemic flu research
The danger of reporting findings before peer review is that scientists often can't talk about the details of their research, which can lead to hype or fear in the media.
Jul 18, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
CDC issues tough report on anthrax scare
(HealthDay)—U.S. health officials have concluded that it's highly unlikely any lab workers were exposed to live anthrax during a safety mishap last month.
Jul 12, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
US-based scientist makes potent version of H1N1 flu
A US-based Japanese scientist said Wednesday he has succeeded in engineering a version of the so-called swine flu virus that would be able to evade the human immune system.
Jul 2, 2014
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Insights into how a bird flu virus spreads could prevent pandemics
The H5N1 bird flu virus has infected and killed hundreds of people, despite the fact that, at the moment, the virus can't spread easily between people. The death toll could become much worse if the virus became airborne. ...
Apr 10, 2014
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